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carfentanyl

carfentanyl is the alternative spelling of carfentanil.

Meaning of carfentanil

Noun

carfentanil (uncountable)

  1. A narcotic painkiller that is four orders of magnitude more potent than morphine, used for tranquilizing large animals and abused as a recreational drug.
    • He’d been hearing rumours lately of carfentanil in the supply line, which terrified him: one hundred times stronger than fentanyl, approved for the sole purpose of tranquilizing elephants.2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 292
    Synonyms:
    4-carbomethoxyfentanyl, Wildnil, super fent, carfent

Questions about carfentanyl

What is carfentanyl the alternative spelling of?
Carfentanyl is the alternative spelling of carfentanil.

Words near carfentanyl in the dictionary

  1. carfax
  2. carfaxes
  3. carfecillin
  4. carfenazine
  5. carfentanil
  6. carfentanyl
  7. carfentrazone
  8. carfie
  9. carfies
  10. carfilzomib
  11. carfleet

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